Jean W. Zacharias

YORK, Maine — Jean W. Zacharias, 93, died peacefully Monday, March 31, 2014, at her home, in the presence of family.

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Posted Apr. 12, 2014 at 2:00 AM

Posted Apr. 12, 2014 at 2:00 AM

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YORK, Maine — Jean W. Zacharias, 93, died peacefully Monday, March 31, 2014, at her home, in the presence of family.

Born Aug. 15, 1920, in Portsmouth, N.H., she was the daughter of Ernest and Willena Byrns. She attended local schools and graduated from Portsmouth High School in 1938. She also studied at the University of New Hampshire in Durham in 1939-1940.

Jean lived with her sister, Barbara, in Washington, D.C., from 1941-1944 working as a stenographer at Eastern Airlines. In the summer of 1938, while working at York Beach, she met "Dick" L.R. Zacharias. They were married in Los Angeles on March 28, 1944. In 1948, they settled in their lifelong farmhouse in York, Maine.

Jean was involved in the York Art Association, the York Garden Club and the local Brownie and Girl Scout troops. Jean enjoyed sewing and baking for family and friends. She was an avid gardener, a wonderful artist and sculptress. She divided and shared perennials with many friends. She was always active and skied into her 70s.

She is survived by her daughter, Linda L. Zacharias and her husband, Allan "Doc" Anderson, of Middleton, N.H.; her daughter-in-law, Lynn Zacharias of York; her grandchildren, Katherine Lucas and her husband, Lorne Lucas, Sarah Zacharias and her husband, Stephen Shaw, and J. Abraham Zacharias; three great-grandchildren, Olivia Shaw, Meagan Lucas and Ray Lucas; her brother-in-law, Eugene Zacharias and his wife, Genevieve, of Baltimore, Md.; and her nieces, Ann Dalke and Erica Dodge of Portsmouth, N.H.

She was predeceased by her husband, Dick Zacharias, in 2010, and her son, John Zacharias, in 2013.

Jean leaves a special thank you to York Hospice Care.

SERVICES: A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on May 10, followed by a celebration of her life. Arrangements are entrusted to the JS Pelkey Funeral Home in Kittery, Maine. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial donation be made to the United States Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. Visit www.fosters.comobits for an online guest book.